sand from my old tank . . .

I just picked up a half bucket of sand from my old 125 and have been considering using it on my new 25 gallon setup that currently is barebottom. I have 2 small tanks setup from the one larger and the one with sand has a WAY better PH than the one without. The sand has been in stagnant water for around a week now and I was wondering how I should be preparing it to transfer it to the new tank.

All of my livestock is at the LFS until I get everything squared away so no real risk there, but I would like to start adding back stuff sometime next week. what would be the best way to prep the old sand to get it into my new tank?

Thanks!

~Will.

 

I would carefully scoop it out with a cupand carefully drop it into the new tank. Try not to disturb it too much. I would wet skim to get any free floating crud out as well.

 

becareful with used sand. Use new sand if possible.

 

rinse it out really good then spread it out on a tarp in the sun and let it dry out completely, rinse again in RO water and add it to the tank.

 

I just wound up pulling out all my rock and adding sand straight from the old tank. This morning I have like .25 ammonia, my PH is WAY better at 8.2 and no nitrite yet. I have a large water change ready to go and am thinking about using a gravel-vac to siphon out some of the nastyness from the old tank.

~Will.